OSHA Inspection: MONROY CONTRACTORS, LLC

Issued

Jul 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $3,300 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):     (a)  Jobsite:  On or about June 14, 2019, five employees were not protected from falling from the roof while they were working from the roof.  The fall hazard was about 25 feet to the concrete sidewalk or the ground.  The pitch of the roof was about 6 in 12.

Issued

Jul 19, 2019

Abate by

Aug 14, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $1,300 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(c): When the employer has reason to believe that any affected employee who has already been trained does not have the understanding and skill required by paragraph (a) of this section, the employer is to retrain each such employee such as inadequacies in an affected employee's knowledge or use of fall protection systems or equipment indicate that the employee has not retained the requisite understanding of skill:    (a)  On or about June 14, 2019, 5 employees need to be retrained in how and when  to use fall protection when working from a roof.